Innovations in Deen is actually a big deal! came across a remarkable hadith about Bidah Amr ibn Salmah said, We used to sit by the door of Abdullah ibn Masud before the morning prayer, so that when he came out we would walk with him to the masjid. One day Abu Musa al-Ashari came to us and said, Has Abu Abdur-Rahman come out yet? We replied, No. So he sat down with us until he came out. When he came out we all stood along with him, so Abu Musa said to him, O Abu Abdur-Rahman! I have just seen something in the masjid which I deemed to be evil, but all praise is for Allah, I did not seeanything except good. He enquired, Then what is it? Abu Musa replied, If you live you will see it. I saw in the masjid people sitting in circles awaiting the prayer. In each circle they had pebbles in their hands and a man would say, Repeat AllahuAkbar a hundred times. So they would repeat it a hundred times. Then he would say, Say la ilaha illallah a hundred times. So they would say it a hundred times. Then he would say, Say subhanallah a hundred times. So they would say it a hundred times. Ibn Masud asked, What did you say to them? Abu Musa said, I did not say anything to them. Instead I waited to hear your view or what you declared. Ibn Masud replied, If only you had ordered them to count up the evil deeds they acquired and assured them that their good deeds would not be lost! Then we went along with him until they came to one of these circles and stood and said, What is this which I see you doing? They replied, O Abu Abdur- Rahman! These are pebbles upon which we are counting takbir , tahlil and tasbih. He said, Count up your evil deeds. I assure you that none of your good deeds will be lost. Woe to you, O Ummah of Muhammad, peace be upon him! How quickly you go to destruction! These are the Companions of your Prophet, upon whom be peace, and who are widespread. There are his clothes which have not yet decayed and his bowl which is unbroken. By Him in Whose Hand is my soul! Either you are upon a religion better guided than the religion of Muhammad, peace be upon him, or you are opening the door of misguidance. They said, O Abu Abdur-Rahman! By Allah, we only intended good. He said, How many there are who intend good but do not achieve it. Indeed Allahs Messenger, peace be upon him, said to us, A people will recite the Quran but it will not pass beyond their throats. By Allah! I do not know, perhaps most of them are from you. Then he left them. (Narrated by: Ad Darimi in As-Sunan)
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 13:25:31 +0000
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